Zeidora nesta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1]

Zeidora nesta
Shells of Zeidora nesta (holotype)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Zeidorinae
Genus: Zeidora
Species:
Z. nesta
Binomial name
Zeidora nesta
(Pilsbry, 1890)
Synonyms
  • Clypidina candida Adams, 1851
  • Emarginula nesta Pilsbry, 1890 (original combination)
  • Nesta candida Adams, 1870
  • Zeidora candida (Adams, 1870)

Description

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The length of the shell is 5.5 mm, its height 1.3 mm.

(Original description) The thin, snowy-white shell is oblong-oval. It is beautifully decussated with elevated very delicate concentric and radiating lirulae. The; dorsal sulcus has distinct sides, transversely striated. The front fissure is strong. The margin of the aperture is a little thickened behind and delicately crenulated all around.[2]

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Persian Gulf and along Réunion

References

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  • Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.
  • Herbert D.G. (1987) Taxonomic studies on the Emarginulinae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Fissurellidae) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Hemitoma, Clypidina, Tugali, Scutus, Zeidora and two species of Emarginula. South African Journal of Zoology 22(1): 1-13
  • Poppe G.T. & Tagaro S.P. (2020). The Fissurellidae from the Philippines with the description of 26 new species. Visaya. suppl. 13: 1-131
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